
Newly inaugurated President Judson Hammond is content to live out the next four years Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Fascination (1931) Miles Mander, Madeleine Carroll, Carl Harbord, Dorothy Bartlam

The film is the story of Marian Martin, a factory worker who rises to the top as the mistress of a wealthy attorney. Read More »
The Girl Can’t Help It (1956) Frank Tashlin, Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O’Brien

The inimitable writer-director Frank Tashlin once more aims his satiric barbs at modern culture Read More »
Rio das Mortes (1971) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Michael König, Günther Kaufmann

Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru Read More »
I’ll Believe You (2006) Paul Francis Sullivan, David Alan Basche, Patrick Warburton, Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Late-night radio host Dale Sweeney’s usual line up of odd-ball, conspiracy-obsessed callers Read More »
Never on Sunday / Pote tin Kyriaki (1960) Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Giorgos Foundas

Illia is Piraeus’s most popular person: an energetic prostitute, full of life and good humor. Read More »
The Drum / Drums (1938) Zoltan Korda, Sabu, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey

The Drum is an opulent Technicolor “British India” epic, based on a story by A.E.W. Mason (of Four Feathers fame). Read More »
Man in the Vault (1956) Andrew V. McLaglen, William Campbell, Karen Sharpe, Anita Ekberg

There’s $200,000 in a Los Angeles safety-deposit box that mobster Willis Trent Read More »
The Immortals (1995) Brian Grant, Eric Roberts, Joe Pantoliano, Tia Carrere

A crafty nightclub owner (Jack) brings together a group of small time hoods Read More »
Jes’ Call Me Jim (1920) Clarence G. Badger, Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Lionel Belmore

Jim Fenton helps rescue a falsely imprisoned inventor and assists Read More »